Godber Plays 2: Teechers / Happy Jack / September in the Rain / Salt of the Earth

Godber Plays

by John Godber

"John Godber is one of the unsung heroes of British theatre, reaching the giddy heights of number three in the most-performed playwrights league table, nestled in behind Shakespeare and Ayckbourn" - Guardian

Teechers: "In a class of its own … Godber takes a hard-hitting look at life in a modern comprehensive where class conflicts, teacher tantrums and cavorting chaos runs riot through the corridors" (The Express); Happy Jack: "Godber manages with an affectionate and unerringly accurate ear for the tongues of the pit village to turn these two into a Chaucerian kind of celebration of life. At the end of the line the play is a sad, bruised but richly comic love story" (Guardian); September in the Rain: "The work of a genuinely talented playwright" (Evening Standard); Salt of the Earth: "John Godber has a special gift for capturing the lives and inner turmoil of the working class … In the most subtle and incisive ways, he suggests how the combination of innate personality and a changing society determines individual destiny" (Chicago Times)

304 pages, Paperback

First published April 19, 2001

About the author

John Harry Godber is an English dramatist, known mainly for his observational comedies.

Reviews

[Bettie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Saturday Drama (re-aired on a Friday evening) - September Rain: John Godber's play from 1983 is performed by its original cast - John and Jane Godber.

Listen here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...

Theme tune by Jo Stafford: http://youtu.be/AsU7dGT2Ixs

blurb - Jack and Liz are in Blackpool for one last time. John Godber's classic stage play tells the touching and funny story of a marriage through a lifetime of holidays together.

Directed by Toby Swift

John Godber is one of the country's most successful and prolific playwrights. Famously he was identified as the third most performed playwright in the UK after Shakespeare and Alan Ayckbourn. September in the Rain, written very early in his career, dates from 1983 and drew heavily on his grandparents' relationship. A play for two actors, it was originally performed by the author and his now wife, Jane. They resume their partnership for this radio production many years after last performing it together.

3* The September Girls
3* September
3* The Last September
2* September in the Rain

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

From BBC Radio 4 Extra: September in the Rain
Jack and Liz are in Blackpool for one last time. John Godber's classic stage play tells the touching and funny story of a marriage through a lifetime of holidays together.

[MCBod · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great play, I saw on stage in Oxford circa 20 years ago. Quite striking how stage direction alone is used to draw the viewers eye left and right and have the action change location, viewpoint and time in a instant.